We use cookies to analyze our website traffic. You can see our cookie policy here. If you continue browsing you are accepting it.
Policy of cookies +

FAMILY CALZAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Calzas.

Genealogy of family Calzas, origin of Calzas, provenance of the family name Calzas.

History and meaning for Calzas.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Calzas.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Calzas.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Calzas:

1) The origin of the family name Calzas.

2) The meaning of the family name Calzas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Calzas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Calzas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Calzas has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Calzas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Calzas:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Calzas:

Name Calzas

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Calzas. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Calzas and the history and origin for the family name Calzas in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Calzas

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Calzas appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Calzas. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Calzas.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Calzas has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Calzas and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Calzas have some different spelling.

The family name Calzas appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Calzas has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Calzas arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Calzas are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Calzas are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Calzas have made some test of nobility or knightage.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* The family name Calzas appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Calzas as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Calzas

Related Words: Calzas family crest | Origin of the name Calzas | Genealogy of the family Calzas | Heraldry of the name Calzas | Coat of arms of Calzas | Genealogy of the Calzas | Origin of the Calzas | Meaning of the name Calzas.

Calzas

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Calzamiglia | Go to name Calzas | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests